#sim: bug

[thriftybugfan]

it's.... bug!!!! (they/them)

[homo-inferior]

Some thoughts on jane prentiss I had this morning that I just connected the dots with

1. Her "worms" aren't worms, they're wasp larvae

2. Some varieties of wasp feed spiders to their young

3. Jonathan Sims was first marked by the Web

I know it was likely Jonah's meddling that put her on Jon's trail, but I like to believe the drive to get to him was more from her nature as a mother trying to feed her young

[animunitee]

"NO."

"I – uh… W-What? " ಠ ⬭ಠ

So, I rushed through The Magnus Archives in 2 weeks a month ago and now I made an animatic of the funny scene in MAG#181! There wasn´t one for it online and that made me so sad I went ahead and tried out a whole new form of art what-

So yeah this is my first (real and shared at least) animatic, hope it´s fine bc I had so much fun working on it yippiieeee :D

Here´s the video on YouTube too, feel free to check it out (:

[starrodent]

@jonmartinweek day 9: au where jon actually just gets eaten by the worms

So this year's jmart week didn't turn out how i expected but in the end i'm happy with the art i made :) i kinda burnt myself out in the beginning so i decided to take it easy the last few days. now that i'm all caught up with school stuff i can hopefully go back to my regular life

about the actual drawing: this goofy au idea has been brewing in my mind for a while...it's basically just corruption jon with clothes moths instead of wasps and some murky connections to random plot details. idk i haven't figured out what i want to do with it yet

[puretopia]

[floorbeastie]

oh what's that i hear? draw tma fanart instead of doing homework that's a week late? great idea!!

[littlebug-boy]

One time i saw someone call jmart ‘jartin sackwood’ and i never recovered. I think about it every day. I just call them that now

[shawsimmer]

copy & paste

[self-made-purgatories]

We know how Spock feels about Kirk because we have t'hy'la.

But how does Kirk feel? Everyone talks about his absurd politician doublespeak in The Footnote, but what about this passage a few chapters later?

Spock has just appeared on the bridge for the first time and everyone is in shock (you know the scene). So what is going through Kirk's mind?

Although Kirk had been as dumbfounded as the others, he was please to note that he had recovered first and was now handling all this with some degree of command presence. But it still felt painful to be reminded so powerfully and unexpectedly of his friendship and affection for Spock--theirs had been the touching of two minds which the old poets of Spock's home planet had proclaimed as superior even to the wild physical love which affected Vulcans every seventh year during pon farr.

"See, guys, I didn't say we HAD sex, I said our relationship was BETTER THAN sex."

which could mean nothing

[timesicle]

Teaholding but.. Bugs? <3 I've been dead for the first part of January because of a lot of stuff, please enjoy cute bugs of my favorite TMA ship

[thriftybugfan]

✴ 🔍 bug spotted!!!! (they/them) 🪲 ✴

[executables-sims]

Deadly Bee Swarms | Download A mod that helps make 'death by flies' a tiny bit easier to achieve.

I've never had a ghost of this death type in my game naturally, even when intentionally neglecting my sims' cleanliness, but now it's an added risk when hiking and hunting bugs! Still rare, but no longer seemingly impossible. x)

Behaviour This mod adds a simple coin flip to determine whether the swarmed sim will die or not.

I haven't seen enough bee swarms in normal gameplay to feel like this would need additional logic, but if there's interest I can add some extra checks for a sims' activity and body skill levels, too. :)

Conflicts This mod overrides the BHAV Interaction - Chased By Bees.

As far as I can see, there hasn't been a hiking or bug hunting mod to alter this particular BHAV yet, but please do let me know if you run into any conflicts!

MF mirror: Download

[moonwoodhollow]

New pottery courses available this spring (beginner and advanced level) at the private studio of Britta Wilson (2nd on the Great Pottery Throw Down S4) in Henford-on-Bagley. There are only 5 spots, so enroll now!

[venriliz]

Hana.

[otherwindow]

The Sims styled game, but you instead play as little creatures like fairies, pixies, gnomes, borrowers etc. Build Mode allows you to make tree houses, burrows, countless rooms under a human's floorboards, anything to make the world feel tiny.

[xandezsims]

L&D Trans Sim Tagging: EA Made an Oopsie

Xan here. Remember how I never got into Fullbody outfits, in the original Trans Sim tutorial? Well, I am honor-bound to get into it a little. Why? Because I made a discovery, and it's...not great.

TL;DR: The Part Flags for most of Life & Death are messed up. Trans Sims are wearing the wrong meshes and it cannot be avoided; EA has to fix it.

If this concerns you, please upvote the report, and spread the word. They have ignored the Sims community about gender-related glitches in the past. Help us make them fix this, so we don't have to.

In-depth explanation about the problem below.

I was stoked to see we got clothes for both frames in the newer packs. Finally, Sims can wear whatever gender clothing they want! That's the goal, right? But, recent testing made me wonder how they handle opposite-frames. I thought I could learn something to help with inclusive tagging. So, I stuck Carmen in a dress from L&D, and:

It passes from the front, but...her chest. That's the opposite gender distortion. The one caused by putting a AM (masc frame) mesh on any AF (female) Sim, trans or not. I've definitely talked about this.

I went and cloned both meshes to check the tags, and sure enough:

Quick tagging lesson: toggling Restrict Opposite Frame means Carmen can't wear the AF one. She has to wear the AM frame dress, because as a trans Sim, her frame is AM. (Literally, the Opposite Frame of her gender.) But because she has breasts, she inherits the chest distortion all female Sims get wearing a man's top. The same applies for Erik, her counterpart (AM w/AF frame).

With a sinking feeling, I went back to the game and tried...everything.

I ran out of space, there are more. Trans-men are the same. I got halfway through the AM catalog and ran out of willpower. I'm betting almost every item made for both frames in this pack is tagged wrong. It's locked by frame, instead of gender. With pants, that's not a problem--but tops, dresses and suits will all be swapped.

So, now we know Fullbody meshes work similarly to tops. They need to be locked by Gender. And it's really just that tag. To test, I went back to my cloned dresses, and fixed it with two clicks:

This means all women regardless of frame can use the AF, and all men can use the AM. And here's the result: AF dress on AF Sim, AM dress on AM Sim. They literally swapped dresses.

So, easily fixed! That's 2 files out of...all of them. (sigh) I filed a Bug Report, linked above. Hopefully the amount of evidence I provided will get an actual response. That, or they'll think I'm an arrogant prat for telling them how their game works. But, I didn't break it.

Moral of the Story: this is a great example of what not to do if you make cc, or if you retag what you download. Remember, if you want to limit who can wear a mesh:

"Restrict Opposite Gender" for Tops and Fullbody; this makes sure all AF and AM Sims wear their meshes, and don't end up with chest lumps.

"Restrict Opposite Gender" for AF Bottoms; Trans-AM Sims break in half. Don't Restrict AM Bottoms at all. They fit everyone.

Or, Don't Restrict Anything, if you want all options. Note: distortions will happen. Mark your gender filters. They help a lot.

Earrings, Hats, Makeup, Gloves, Socks, Tights work for everyone

Necklaces and Nails are "Restrict Opposite Frame"; Trans Sims can't wear these from their own gender. They don't fit.

If you got this far, thank you for sticking it out. My innocent question turned into a tagging lesson (again). But, if it helps anyone in the future, I'll be glad. At least now we know there's a problem.

Please boost the Bug Report, share if you found it useful, and thanks for reading. I'm on the soap box again re: trans inclusion, but it's still Pride and I can't not stand up for my people. The more we know, the better we can do on our side.

Finally, tagging some folks who might want to know, if they don't already (feel free to ignore): @sejianismodding @the-crypt-o-club @yooniesim @whyhellosims @thefoxburyinstitute @sims4tutorials @mmfinds @gncc